9 must-read mythology books like The Twin Soul of Alexander: A novel of Alexander the Great (Alexander and Hephaestion Book 1) by Lawrence M. Scheier

Cover of The Twin Soul of Alexander: A novel of Alexander the Great (Alexander and Hephaestion Book 1) by Lawrence M. Scheier

The Twin Soul of Alexander: A novel of Alexander the Great (Alexander and Hephaestion Book 1)

By: Lawrence M. Scheier

3.38

Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition

While many books, fiction and nonfiction alike, chronicle Alexander the Great’s ascension to power …

If you liked the mythology plot in The Twin Soul of Alexander: A novel of Alexander the Great (Alexander and Hephaestion Book 1) by Lawrence M. Scheier , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse by Anne Carson, Stesichorus

1. Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse

By: Anne Carson , Stesichorus

4.27

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The award-winning poet Anne Carson reinvents a genre in Autobiography of Red, a stunning work that … read more

Similar categories in Anne Carson's Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse book and Lawrence M. Scheier's The Twin Soul of Alexander: A novel of Alexander the Great (Alexander and Hephaestion Book 1)

  • mythology
  • queer
"Under the seams runs the pain."

-Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse

"There is no person without a world."

-Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse

"Don't want to be free want to be with you."

-Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse

"Sometimes a journey makes itself necessary."

-Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse

Cover of Ramses: The Son of Light  (Ramses, #1) by Christian Jacq, Mary Feeney

2. Ramses: The Son of Light (Ramses, #1)

By: Christian Jacq , Mary Feeney

3.23

Format: 403 pages, Paperback

Historical fiction meets mythology as ancient Egypt comes alive in this monumental epic with over 2… read more

Similar categories in Christian Jacq's Ramses: The Son of Light (Ramses, #1) book and Lawrence M. Scheier's The Twin Soul of Alexander: A novel of Alexander the Great (Alexander and Hephaestion Book 1)

  • mythology
  • historical fiction
Cover of Ramses: The Eternal Temple (Ramses, #2) by Christian Jacq, Mary Feeney

3. Ramses: The Eternal Temple (Ramses, #2)

By: Christian Jacq , Mary Feeney

3.23

Format: 403 pages, Paperback

The splendor and danger of ancient Egypt continues in the second volume of this magnificent saga. F… read more

Similar categories in Christian Jacq's Ramses: The Eternal Temple (Ramses, #2) book and Lawrence M. Scheier's The Twin Soul of Alexander: A novel of Alexander the Great (Alexander and Hephaestion Book 1)

  • mythology
  • historical fiction
Cover of Ramses: The Lady of Abu Simbel (Ramses, #4) by Christian Jacq, Mary Feeney

4. Ramses: The Lady of Abu Simbel (Ramses, #4)

By: Christian Jacq , Mary Feeney

3.23

Format: 403 pages, Paperback

Saga about ancient Egypt & the powerful struggle between Ramses & his enemies. read more

Similar categories in Christian Jacq's Ramses: The Lady of Abu Simbel (Ramses, #4) book and Lawrence M. Scheier's The Twin Soul of Alexander: A novel of Alexander the Great (Alexander and Hephaestion Book 1)

  • mythology
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Raven King (All for the Game, #2) by Nora Sakavic

5. The Raven King (All for the Game, #2)

By: Nora Sakavic

4.37

Format: 423 pages, ebook

The Foxes are a fractured mess, but their latest disaster might be the miracle they've always neede… read more

Similar categories in Nora Sakavic's The Raven King (All for the Game, #2) book and Lawrence M. Scheier's The Twin Soul of Alexander: A novel of Alexander the Great (Alexander and Hephaestion Book 1)

  • queer
"Some of the strongest people I’ve known are women."

-Nora Sakavic, The Raven King (All for the Game, #2)

"You can't cut down someone who's already in the gutter."

-Nora Sakavic, The Raven King (All for the Game, #2)

"I am a bad person trying very hard to be a good person."

-Nora Sakavic, The Raven King (All for the Game, #2)

"He ran until he couldn't breathe, but he never stopped hurting."

-Nora Sakavic, The Raven King (All for the Game, #2)

Cover of The Charioteer by Mary Renault

6. The Charioteer

By: Mary Renault

3.88

Format: 0 pages, Paperback

After enduring an injury at Dunkirk during World War II, Laurie Odell is sent to a rural veterans' … read more

Similar categories in Mary Renault's The Charioteer book and Lawrence M. Scheier's The Twin Soul of Alexander: A novel of Alexander the Great (Alexander and Hephaestion Book 1)

  • historical fiction
  • queer

7. The Nature of Alexander

By: Mary Renault

3.45

Format: 94 pages, Paperback

The acclaimed biography of Alexander the Great. read more

Similar categories in Mary Renault's The Nature of Alexander book and Lawrence M. Scheier's The Twin Soul of Alexander: A novel of Alexander the Great (Alexander and Hephaestion Book 1)

Cover of The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2) by Mary Renault

8. The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2)

By: Mary Renault

4.30

Format: None pages, Paperback

"It takes skill to depict, as Miss Renault has done, this half-man, half Courtesan who is so deeply… read more

Similar categories in Mary Renault's The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2) book and Lawrence M. Scheier's The Twin Soul of Alexander: A novel of Alexander the Great (Alexander and Hephaestion Book 1)

  • historical fiction
  • queer
Cover of The King's Men (All for the Game, #3) by Nora Sakavic

9. The King's Men (All for the Game, #3)

By: Nora Sakavic

4.58

Format: 556 pages, ebook

Neil Josten is out of time. He knew when he came to PSU he wouldn't survive the year, but with his … read more

Similar categories in Nora Sakavic's The King's Men (All for the Game, #3) book and Lawrence M. Scheier's The Twin Soul of Alexander: A novel of Alexander the Great (Alexander and Hephaestion Book 1)

  • queer
"He wouldn’t die a lie."

-Nora Sakavic, The King's Men (All for the Game, #3)

"If it means losing you, then no"

-Nora Sakavic, The King's Men (All for the Game, #3)

"Is your learning curve a horizontal line?"

-Nora Sakavic, The King's Men (All for the Game, #3)

"We're all going to die," Kevin said at last."

-Nora Sakavic, The King's Men (All for the Game, #3)

Cover of The Foxhole Court (All for the Game, #1) by Nora Sakavic

10. The Foxhole Court (All for the Game, #1)

By: Nora Sakavic

4.02

Format: 237 pages, ebook

Neil Josten is the newest addition to the Palmetto State University Exy team. He's short, he's fast… read more

Similar categories in Nora Sakavic's The Foxhole Court (All for the Game, #1) book and Lawrence M. Scheier's The Twin Soul of Alexander: A novel of Alexander the Great (Alexander and Hephaestion Book 1)

  • queer
"Shirt off."

-Nora Sakavic, The Foxhole Court (All for the Game, #1)

"Are you stupid?"

-Nora Sakavic, The Foxhole Court (All for the Game, #1)

"Give your back to me."

-Nora Sakavic, The Foxhole Court (All for the Game, #1)

"I don’t understand suicide,"

-Nora Sakavic, The Foxhole Court (All for the Game, #1)

11. The Greeks and the Irrational

By: E.R. Dodds

3.89

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

In this philosophy classic, first published in 1951, E.R. Dodds takes on the traditional view of Gr… read more

Similar categories in E.R. Dodds's The Greeks and the Irrational book and Lawrence M. Scheier's The Twin Soul of Alexander: A novel of Alexander the Great (Alexander and Hephaestion Book 1)

12. Alexander's Lovers

By: Andrew Chugg

3.64

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Alexander's Lovers is the eagerly awaited second book by the author of The Lost Tomb of Alexander t… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Chugg's Alexander's Lovers book and Lawrence M. Scheier's The Twin Soul of Alexander: A novel of Alexander the Great (Alexander and Hephaestion Book 1)

Cover of A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1) by Freya Marske

13. A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1)

By: Freya Marske

3.96

Format: 377 pages, Kindle Edition

Set in an alternative Edwardian England, this is a comedy of manners, manor houses, and hedge mazes… read more

Similar categories in Freya Marske's A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1) book and Lawrence M. Scheier's The Twin Soul of Alexander: A novel of Alexander the Great (Alexander and Hephaestion Book 1)

  • historical fiction
  • queer
" Off administering a country seat, indeed. Robin had nothing against the country, but could never shake the impression that it would rather everyone buggered off to town and let it administer itself …"

-Freya Marske, A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1)

" Off administering a country seat,> indeed. Robin had nothing at all against the country, but could never shake the impression that it would rather everyone buggered off to town an administer itself …"

-Freya Marske, A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1)

"You look like a Turner painting and I want to learn your textures with my fingertips. You are the most fascinating thing in this beautiful house. I'd like to introduce my fist to whoever taught you t…"

-Freya Marske, A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1)

" You look like a Turner painting and I want to learn your textures with my fingertips. You are the most fascinating thing in this beautiful house. I'd like to introduce my fists to whoever taught you…"

-Freya Marske, A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1)

Cover of Psyche and Eros by Luna McNamara

14. Psyche and Eros

By: Luna McNamara

3.78

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this utterly transporting reimagining of Greek mythology, the god of desire is cursed to fall fo… read more

Similar categories in Luna McNamara's Psyche and Eros book and Lawrence M. Scheier's The Twin Soul of Alexander: A novel of Alexander the Great (Alexander and Hephaestion Book 1)

  • mythology
  • historical fiction
Cover of The King Must Die (Theseus, #1) by Mary Renault

15. The King Must Die (Theseus, #1)

By: Mary Renault

3.98

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

“Mary Renault is a shining light to both historical novelists and their readers. She does not prete… read more

Similar categories in Mary Renault's The King Must Die (Theseus, #1) book and Lawrence M. Scheier's The Twin Soul of Alexander: A novel of Alexander the Great (Alexander and Hephaestion Book 1)

  • mythology
  • historical fiction
"Men would be as gods, if they had foreknowledge."

-Mary Renault, The King Must Die (Theseus, #1)

"It is not the bloodletting that calls down power. It is the consenting."

-Mary Renault, The King Must Die (Theseus, #1)

"Always, in the Bull Court, our most precious trophies were the gifts of the dead."

-Mary Renault, The King Must Die (Theseus, #1)

"A man is at his youngest when he thinks he is a man, not yet realizing that his actions must show it."

-Mary Renault, The King Must Die (Theseus, #1)

Cover of Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors by Adrian Goldsworthy

16. Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

By: Adrian Goldsworthy

4.38

Format: 620 pages, Hardcover

This definitive biography of one of history's most influential father-son duos tells the story of t… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Goldsworthy's Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors book and Lawrence M. Scheier's The Twin Soul of Alexander: A novel of Alexander the Great (Alexander and Hephaestion Book 1)

"...if the Greeks joined together in the Panhellenic cause and attacked Persia to take land and wealth. Once conquered, Asian barbarians would work the field and tend the cattle as slaves or helot-lik…"

-Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

"The Macedonians and Greek has been raised to despise Persians and all Asians as barbarians, fit only to be slaves, and the defeat of Darius and his great armies can only have reinforced their immense…"

-Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

Cover of Becoming (Dancing with the Lion #1) by Jeanne Reames

17. Becoming (Dancing with the Lion #1)

By: Jeanne Reames

4.07

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

Two boys, one heroic bond, and the molding of Greece’s greatest son. Before he became known as Ale… read more

Similar categories in Jeanne Reames's Becoming (Dancing with the Lion #1) book and Lawrence M. Scheier's The Twin Soul of Alexander: A novel of Alexander the Great (Alexander and Hephaestion Book 1)

  • historical fiction
  • mythology
  • queer
Cover of Rise (Dancing with the Lion, #2) by Jeanne Reames

18. Rise (Dancing with the Lion, #2)

By: Jeanne Reames

4.23

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

The story of Alexander before he became “the Great.” Finished with schooling, Alexandros is appoin… read more

Similar categories in Jeanne Reames's Rise (Dancing with the Lion, #2) book and Lawrence M. Scheier's The Twin Soul of Alexander: A novel of Alexander the Great (Alexander and Hephaestion Book 1)

  • historical fiction
  • mythology
  • queer
Cover of The Black Bird Oracle (All Souls, #5) by Deborah Harkness

19. The Black Bird Oracle (All Souls, #5)

By: Deborah Harkness

4.18

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Diana Bishop journeys to the darkest places within herself—and her family history—in the highly ant… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Harkness's The Black Bird Oracle (All Souls, #5) book and Lawrence M. Scheier's The Twin Soul of Alexander: A novel of Alexander the Great (Alexander and Hephaestion Book 1)

  • historical fiction
"Kümmere dich um deine eignen Wünsche und Bedürfnisse." S. 222"

-Deborah Harkness, The Black Bird Oracle (All Souls, #5)

"Sehnsucht spornt mich an, Furcht bremst mich ... Was für ein Weg, gerade oder krumm, wird mir Frieden geben und mich erlösen?" S 414 f"

-Deborah Harkness, The Black Bird Oracle (All Souls, #5)

"Du musst ihr [der Dunkelheit] die Stirn bieten ... Schau ihr ins Auge, ohne mit der Wimper zu zucken. Die Dunkelheit ist von einer verschlagenen Tücke und du darfst nicht zulassen, dass sie deine Sch…"

-Deborah Harkness, The Black Bird Oracle (All Souls, #5)

Cover of The Twin Soul of Alexander: A novel of Alexander the Great (Alexander and Hephaestion Book 1) by Lawrence M. Scheier

20. The Twin Soul of Alexander: A novel of Alexander the Great (Alexander and Hephaestion Book 1)

By: Lawrence M. Scheier

3.38

Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition

While many books, fiction and nonfiction alike, chronicle Alexander the Great’s ascension to power … read more

Similar categories in Lawrence M. Scheier's The Twin Soul of Alexander: A novel of Alexander the Great (Alexander and Hephaestion Book 1) book and Lawrence M. Scheier's The Twin Soul of Alexander: A novel of Alexander the Great (Alexander and Hephaestion Book 1)

  • historical fiction
  • mythology
  • queer
Cover of The Lion's Cub (The Philalexandros Chronicles, #1) by L.M. Zorn

21. The Lion's Cub (The Philalexandros Chronicles, #1)

By: L.M. Zorn

4.03

Format: None pages, ebook

The beginning of a relationship that would change the world… Alexandros, a prince of Macedon, ha… read more

Similar categories in L.M. Zorn's The Lion's Cub (The Philalexandros Chronicles, #1) book and Lawrence M. Scheier's The Twin Soul of Alexander: A novel of Alexander the Great (Alexander and Hephaestion Book 1)

  • historical fiction

13 Top historical fiction books like The Twin Soul of Alexander: A novel of Alexander the Great (Alexander and Hephaestion Book 1) by Lawrence M. Scheier

Transform Your Habits

Ramses: The Son of Light (Ramses, #1)

Christian Jacq , Mary Feeney

3.23

Transform Your Habits

Ramses: The Eternal Temple (Ramses, #2)

Christian Jacq , Mary Feeney

3.23

Transform Your Habits

Ramses: The Lady of Abu Simbel (Ramses, #4)

Christian Jacq , Mary Feeney

3.23

Transform Your Habits

The Charioteer

Mary Renault

3.88

View all the books

15 best-selling fiction books like Rise (Dancing with the Lion, #2) by Jeanne Reames

Transform Your Habits

Facing West (Forever Wilde, #1)

Lucy Lennox

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Fire from Heaven (Alexander the Great, #1)

Mary Renault

3.88

Transform Your Habits

The Last of the Wine

Mary Renault

3.88

Transform Your Habits

The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2)

Mary Renault

4.30

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.